Ceona’s new flexible/umbilical pipelay and subsea construction vessel Polar Onyx has floated out of dry dock at Ulstein Verft yard in Norway.

Broker and investment specialist Bassoe Group has sold rig designer Bassoe Technology to CIMC Offshore.

The 488-m-long (1,602-ft-long) hull of Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has moved out of the dry dock at the Samsung Heavy Industries yard in Geoje, South Korea, where the facility has been under construction.

Seadrill Ltd. has agreed with Seadrill Partners to sell the West Leo semisubmersible drilling rig to Seadrill Operating LP, and its West Sirius semi drilling rig to Seadrill Capricorn Holdings LLC.

Gibdock has completed an overhaul of the seismic survey vessel Viking Vanquish, which is operated by CGG and owned by Eidesvik.

Cobalt International Energy Inc. has tested its Lontra #1 presalt discovery well in block 20, offshore Angola.

Vallianz Holdings has secured chartering contracts for platform supply vessels (PSVs) from an unnamed company in the Middle East.

New jackup drilling rig Prospector 1 has arrived in the Cromarty Firth, after a two-month journey from its construction shipyard in Dalian, China.

Polarcus has letters of intent from four clients for 3D seismic acquisition projects offshore New Zealand, East Africa, and West Africa.